Good Christian Guidelines for Online Dating

Women

1. First of all, its best to be safe. We recommend that you do not reveal personal information until you are ready to trust in someone. Online dating sites generally allow you to use a nickname instead of revealing your real name and its a good tip to use a different email address than your main one for initial correspondence. Remember not to use your real name in this email. You can give your proper email address to someone when you have got to know them and feel that you can trust them
    
2. Let the man take the initiative and move things forward, although this might be a bit frustrating if a guy you are interested in does not initiate, in the long term he is likely to be more respectful to you. Likewise, if a guy is setting to quick a pace and pushing too early for a meeting or phone call then you need to tell him that he is moving too fast for you – he should be willing to be patient and wait for you to be comfortable with the pace of things. Respond to him telling him its too early and if he is a nice guy he will wait. Be respectful however, these guys are your christian brothers so treat them that way
    
3. Use some discretion when posting  pictures of yourself on the intenet – don’t use overly glamorous or sexy images since this will attract the wrong guys (there will be some ‘christian brothers’ who will still be looking for one thing unfortunately) and you want to give guys a realistic image of the real you to give any date a fair chance of success
    
4. Out of common courtesy you should take time to respond to all the guys who contact you whether you like them or not.  If someone contacts you and you are not interested then you should have the courtesy to give them a polite response saying that although you don’t think you are well matched, you are grateful for their message

Men

1. Be patient and don’t try and push any potential relationship too quickly, be respectful and move at a pace she is comfortable with. Of course I know you might be thinking ‘how will I know what she is comfortable with?’. Well, if your intuition does not give you a good idea then maybe just politely say ‘please tell me if I am moving to fast’
    
2.  Christian women generally follow a standard for sexual purity so ou should not push the sex issue. These women you are trying to get the attention of are your christian sisters so ensure you treat them that way – kindness, respect, patience are factors that all spring to mind
    
3. If a cristian sister initiates contact and you are not interested then you should have the courtesy to give them a polite response saying that although you don’t think you are well matched, you are grateful for their message
    
4. If a potential suitor tells you she is no longer interested in pursuing a relationship then you should just walk away and be respectful. There are plenty of others who may enjoy your company instead.